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Abortions in China on rise, especially among young women

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 10:28 AM PST

Zhang Jie, 22, warms herself by a space heater in the recovery room after her second abortion in two years at a clinic run by Marie Stopes International in Xi'an in central China's Shaanxi province, on Dec. 13.The leaf-strewn median on Eternal Peace Road hides a grim secret: Numerous tiny fetuses lie in unmarked graves dug by women from the abortion clinic across the street.




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Millions vote in south Sudan independence poll

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 11:25 AM PST

Millions of jubilant south Sudanese voted on Sunday in an independence referendum which could cut Africa's biggest country in two and deprive the north of most of its lucrative oil.

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Cost of gas up about 9 cents in the last 3 weeks

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 11:59 AM PST

The twice-monthly Lundberg Survey has found the price of regular gasoline has risen about nine cents a gallon over three weeks to $3.08.

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Earnings at top of investors' minds this week

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 11:54 AM PST

Investors head into this week on the defensive as the potential for U.S. equity gains could be limited even if earnings begin on a strong note.

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TLC reportedly pulls plug on 'Palin's Alaska'

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 12:15 PM PST

"Sarah Palin's Alaska" came under fire for her wildlife exploits, including caribou hunting and fishing too close to bears.Sunday's season finale of Sarah Palin's Alaska is said to be the show's last episode, Entertainment Weekly reports.




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'True Grit' rides tall at weekend box office

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 11:34 AM PST

Jeff Bridges stars as lawman Rooster Cogburn, hired by 14-year-old Mattie Ross (Hailee Steinfeld) to track down her father's killer in "True Grit.""True Grit" seized the reins at the weekend box office with $15 million, taking the No. 1 spot and becoming the first Western to top the $100 million mark since the 1990s.




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71 dead, 35 survive crash of IranJet airliner

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 01:39 PM PST

An IranAir passenger jet carrying 106 people crashed as it was making an emergency landing Sunday in a snowstorm in the country's northwest and broke into several pieces, killing 71 of those on board, Iranian media reported. The others survived with light injuries. An IranAir passenger jet carrying 106 people crashed as it was making an emergency landing Sunday in a snowstorm in the country's northwest and broke into several pieces, killing 71 of those on board.




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Suspect charged in lawmaker's attack

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 04:33 PM PST

Emergency personnel attend to a shooting victim outside a shopping center in Tucson, Ariz. on Saturday where U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., and others were shot as the congresswoman was meeting with constituents. Federal prosecutors brought charges Sunday against the gunman accused of attempting to assassinate U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and killing six people at a political event in Arizona.




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Posted: 09 Jan 2011 04:33 PM PST

PFT: Ravens offense out of excuses

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 07:23 AM PST

PFT: Baltimore enters its game vs. Kansas City on Sunday looking much worse than last year's 9-7 team in many respects. Time to step up, Ravens.PFT: Baltimore enters its game vs. Kansas City on Sunday looking much worse than last year's 9-7 team in many respects. Time to step up, Ravens.




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Idaho town to lottery winner: Please show yourself

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 07:01 PM PST

The Post Falls City Hall building is shown on Jan. 6, 2011 in Post Falls, Idaho. One of the two winning Mega Millions tickets drawn was purchased in Post Falls, a bedroom community of 26,000 people, 20 miles east of Spokane, Wash. So far, the holder of the ticket has not come forward. Idaho Lottery officials don't know who the person is, and refuse to identify which business sold the winning ticket. (AP Photo/Nick Geranios)Tammy Deaton has a message for Idaho's unknown $190 million lottery winner: Have mercy.




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Hackers celebrate North Korea heir's birthday

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 07:57 PM PST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (R) and his youngest son Kim Jong-un (L) watch a parade to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang October 10, 2010. REUTERS/Petar KujundzicHackers have attacked North Korea's official Youtube and Twitter accounts, posting a cartoon showing Kim Jong-il's heir apparent driving a sports car into a crowd of starving countrymen.




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Ex-boyfriend booked in case of missing dancer

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:38 PM PST

The former boyfriend of a missing Las Vegas Strip burlesque dancer has been arrested on suspicion of murdering her.

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Jerusalem hotel demolished for Israeli apartments

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 06:37 AM PST

Israeli bulldozers demolish the Shepherd Hotel in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheik Jarrah, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011. Bulldozers demolished the hotel in an Arab east Jerusalem neighborhood Sunday to make way for a new Israeli enclave, moving ahead with a plan that has angered the Palestinians and the U.S. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)Bulldozers demolished a hotel in Jerusalem Sunday to make way for a new Israeli enclave in the heart of a Palestinian neighborhood, moving ahead with a plan that has angered the Palestinians and the U.S.




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Judge slain in Ariz. shooting wins wide acclaim

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 02:49 AM PST

Death of U.S. District Judge John M. Roll stunned those who mourned the loss of a devoted, talented and gentle man. Named Arizona's chief federal judge in 2006, U.S. District Judge John M. Roll won wide acclaim for a career as a respected jurist and leader who had pushed to beef up the court's strained bench to handle a growing number of border crime-related cases.




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Gates: China moving fast on new weapons

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:48 PM PST

China is farther along in its development of a new stealth fighter jet than the U.S. had predicted, and that plane and other Chinese military advances are worrisome, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Saturday.

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Posted: 08 Jan 2011 04:48 PM PST

27 deaths, including 14 decapitated, rock Acapulco

Posted: 08 Jan 2011 10:55 PM PST

The image of this beach mecca has taken a new hit from Mexico's drug violence, with 27 people killed in less than a day, including 14 men whose bodies were found with their heads chopped off at a shopping center.

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Cop, other man shot dead near Baltimore club

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 07:04 AM PST

A fight at a Baltimore nightclub spilled onto the street early Sunday and led to an eruption of gunfire that killed a police officer and another man and left four people hurt, police said.

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Driving rain brings new flood woes to Australia

Posted: 09 Jan 2011 01:55 AM PST

In this image provided by NASA taken on Jan. 7, 2010, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft captured this image of the inundated city of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. For Australia, La Ni?a typically means above-average rains, and the current La Ni?a is no exception. Heavy rains that began in late December led to the continent's worst flooding in nearly a half century, at its peak inundating an area the size of Germany and France combined. Rockhampton is the largest city affected by the current flooding. Torrential rains in northeastern Australia caused the Fitzroy River to overflow its banks and flood much of the city and surrounding agricultural lands. Both the airport and major highways are underwater, isolating the city. In this natural color rendition, muddy water is brown, and shallow, clearer water is gray. Vegetation is depicted in various shades of green, and buildings and streets are white. (AP Photo/NASA)A swollen river submerged bridges and inundated homes and stores Sunday in Australia's already sodden Queensland state as more heavy rain added to the country's worst flooding in decades.




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